Port Antonio's bid to become the trendiest vacation spot in all of Jamaica just got a little stronger with the debut of the Geejam Collection, led by music veteran and hotelier Jon Baker.

Glenn Lawrence, CEO Couples Resorts, and Anthony King, chairman of Casuarina Beach Club Limited, announced this week that Couples Resorts and Casuarina Beach Club Limited are involved in firm negotiations concerning the 280-room Almond Casuarina Beach Resort in Barbados.

Florida’s renowned Doral Golf Resort & Spa, the legendary 650-acre resort which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is undergoing an extensive $200 million renovation that will dramatically transform and restore the iconic resort.

A Curacao court denied a bid by Hyatt Hotels Corp. to resume control of the former Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Willemstad. Hyatt had sought to retake control of the resort after the owners locked Hyatt managers out of the property in November.